Low birth weight rate (% live births <2500g)

DefinitionPercentage of live births under 2 500g.
ReferenceDistrict Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Ref. URLhttp://hisp.org/
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Mortality -> Child mortality and related

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Indicator Data
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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Low birth weight rate (% live births <2500g) [Definition]
1998 ---------[1] 15.0
2002 PPIP15.018.719.218.213.814.122.014.417.6[2] -
2006 DHIS9.614.30.69.27.87.824.511.916.6[3] 8.9
2006 PPIP13.0[4] 13.616.312.813.814.521.012.418.1[5] 15.5
2007 DHIS12.014.313.612.36.49.317.812.414.9[6] 12.0
2007 PPIP CHC---------[7] 9.0
2007 PPIP DH---------[8] 12.5
2007 PPIP NC---------[9] 26.2
2007 PPIP PT---------[10] 20.7
2007 PPIP RH---------[11] 15.3
2008 DHIS12.315.413.311.39.87.518.413.114.8[12] 12.2
2009 DHIS12.815.212.311.810.38.819.013.914.5[13] 12.3
2009 PPIP CHC---------[14] 8.5
2009 PPIP DH---------[15] 12.0
2009 PPIP NC---------[16] 26.6
2009 PPIP PT---------[17] 18.2
2009 PPIP RH---------[18] 15.5
2010 DHIS12.416.514.812.010.09.819.214.715.7[19] 13.1
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. SWChildren 2006: The State of the World's Children 2006. United Nations Children's Fund; 2005. http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_30398.html
    Local copy: /indicators/GlobalReports/sowc_2006.pdf
    Based on SADHS 1998 but adjusted since figure reported was 8.3% with birthweight unknown for one third of deliveries.
  2. Saving Babies 2002: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving Babies 2002: Third Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria: National Department of Health; 2003. http://www.ppip.co.za/
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2002.pdf
  3. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted July 2007.
  4. Data from Jan-Dec 2006.
  5. Saving Babies 2003-2005: MRC Research Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies, PPIP Users and the Saving Babies Technical Task Team. Saving Babies 2003-2005: Fifth Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria; 2007. http://www.ppip.co.za/
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2003-5.pdf
    Data from Oct 2003 - Mar 2006.
  6. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2010. Data for financial (not calendar) years.
  7. Saving Babies 2006-7: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2006-2007: Sixth perinatal care survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2009. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2006-7.pdf
    Community Health Centres.
  8. Saving Babies 2006-7: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2006-2007: Sixth perinatal care survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2009. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2006-7.pdf
    District Hospitals.
  9. Saving Babies 2006-7: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2006-2007: Sixth perinatal care survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2009. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2006-7.pdf
    National Central Hospitals.
  10. Saving Babies 2006-7: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2006-2007: Sixth perinatal care survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2009. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2006-7.pdf
    Provincial Tertiary Hospitals.
  11. Saving Babies 2006-7: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2006-2007: Sixth perinatal care survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2009. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: /indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2006-7.pdf
    Regional Hospitals.
  12. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2010. Data for financial (not calendar) years.
  13. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2011. Data for financial (not calendar) years.
  14. Saving Babies 2008-9: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2008-2009: Seventh report on perinatal care in South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2011. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: -
    Community Health Centres.
  15. Saving Babies 2008-9: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2008-2009: Seventh report on perinatal care in South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2011. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: -
    District Hospitals.
  16. Saving Babies 2008-9: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2008-2009: Seventh report on perinatal care in South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2011. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: -
    National Central Hospitals.
  17. Saving Babies 2008-9: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2008-2009: Seventh report on perinatal care in South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2011. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: -
    Provincial Tertiary Hospitals.
  18. Saving Babies 2008-9: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving babies 2008-2009: Seventh report on perinatal care in South Africa. Pretoria: Tshepesa Press; 2011. http://www.ppip.co.za/saving_babies.html
    Local copy: -
    Regional Hospitals. 
  19. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2011. Data for financial (not calendar) years.